Metal boat



PATENTED MAR. 1, 1904.

S. D. NOEL.

METAL BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1903.

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Application filed May 5, 1903. Serial No. 155,700. (Nomodeld To rtZZwhom it may/concern.-

Be it known that I, SYLvns'rnR D. NOEL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Metal Boats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in boats, and has specialreference to boats for hunting and fishing which are to be propelledthrough water grown thick with entangling vegetation, but which are alsowell adapted for other uses.

The object of the invention is to provide an all-metal boat which willbe light in weight for convenient portage purposes and to provide meanswhereby the boat may be lifted and carried with the least effort.

The object also is to provide a strong and durable and practicallynon-puncturable construction which will be of low cost to produce and ofsuch curved formation of its bottom as will ride over or throughobstructing vegetation Without entanglement thereon.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of myinvention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of same; Fig. 3, a longitudinalcentral section, on a reduced scale, along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig.4, a

transverse vertical section on the lines 4: 4 of Figs. 1 and 52-; andFig. 5, a detail in vertical section of the side of the boat, showingthe oar-lock and its attachment to the gunwale of the boat.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

The body of the boat,comprising the bottom and sides, is formed of twopieces 6, which are joined'together at the keellongitudinally of theboat. These two pieces will preferably be pressed from a single sheet ofmetal, the upper edges of which will be bent out at right angles to formthe flanges 7 to stiffen and strengthen the gunwale, which, in additionto the flanges 7 is comprised of a frame 8, formed of two pieces ofangle-iron turned with a horizontal upper flange and a vertical sides 6are riveted in'the manner shown, with the horizonal flange of theangle-iron resting upon the flange 7 of the boat sides.

The lower edges of the boat sides 6 will be bent out to form the flanges9. These flanges 9 of the two pieces 6 of a boat will be rivetedtogether to form the keel of the boat, and this keel will'be stifienedand strengthened by strips of iron or steel 10 10 placed outside of andriveted to the keel with the same rivets that unite the flanges 9 9.

The construction above described provides a rigid well-braced boatwithout the use of ribs such as are commonly required.

11 11 are air-tight compartments located at the prow and stern of theboat and of suflicient capacity to buoy up the boat when -cap-' sized.These compartments will preferably have their own bottom and side walls,so as to make a double thickness with the walls of the boat to therebyguard more effectually against danger of puncture of said air vessels.

12 represents plates having longitudinal grooves in their inner edges toreceive the horizontal flanges of the boats gunwale, to which saidplates are secured by rivets, as shown in Figs. 5 and 1. The plates havedepending ears 13 to bear against the sides of the boat and increase thestrength and stability of the structure. Outside of the limits of thegunwale are the cylindrical dependingportions 14, with longitudinalbore-forming sockets for the stem of oar-locks 15. The latter are ofusual construction. As shown in Fig. l, the horizontal member of thegunwale of the boat is provided with a series of equidistant holes to ieach seat, connected in pairs by the cross-bars 9 17, (see Fig. 3,) andupon these bars the seatboard 18 is supported.

Where portages are required to be made, it is usually diflicult to carrythe boat on account of the inconvenient means for lifting and holdingit, and to facilitate the handling of the boat in this respect I providea fixed sleeve 19 at each end of the boat, preferably as integralportions of plates 20, which connect the anglebars of the two gunwalesand bind them together. Also to the boats keel I removably securebrackets 21, which terminate with sleeves 22 outside of and in alinementlongitudinally of the boat with the sleeve 19. Each pair of sleeves 19and 22 form holders to receive the end of an oar-handle which is thrusttherein. The projecting oar provides a means for hoisting the boat bythe carriers getting under the oars in stooping position, with theirshoulders under and against the oars. Then by raising to a standingposition the boat will be raised and the weight of the boat on thecarriers shoulders will be placed so as to be sustained with the leastinconvenience and fatigue to him.

The boat is rounded at both ends, so as to be propelled with ease ineither direction and so it will ride readily over or through 'entanglingvegetationsuch as grass, reeds, lily growths, and the likeand when thebrackets 21 form obstructions to engage such growths the brackets may beremoved and reattached when they are needed for portages.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and wishto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a boat having an angle-iron gunwalewithahorizontal top member, said member having a plurality ofequidistant holes, of removable seat and oar-lock attachments adapted tobe supported from said horizontal member and fastenings thereforentering said holes.

2. A boat having horizontal sleeves at prow and stern to formoar-sockets for the attachment of oars as handles for carrying the boat.

3. A boat havinga pair of horizontal sleeves at prow and stern toreceive carrying-bars, the outer one of each pair of sleeves beingremovable.

' In witness whereof I have'hereunto set my hand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 29th day of April, A. D. 1903.

SYLVESTER D. NOEL. [L. s.] Witnesses: v

' RussELL T. MACFALL, HORACE G. MARTIN.

